Shaqiri & Sturridge Staking a Claim

As far as auditions go, both put in a good shift and made a case for future inclusion, but it was the Swiss international who was more heavily involved in good passages of play.

He claimed the assist by freeing Salah in the box, an intelligent and well-weighted pass, but his work in the channels and quick passing around the middle and final third was also impressive.

Sturridge played well, but it was more frustrating for him: too often the return pass to him was wayward, the shooting chances didn’t fall his way and one cross which he could have reached was stolen off his head by Adam Lallana, who was off-balance.